macer

American  

[mey-ser] / ˈmeɪ sər /

noun

1. macebearer.

2. (in Scotland) an officer who attends the Court of Session and carries out its orders.

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macer British  

/ ˈmeɪsə /

noun

1. a macebearer, esp (in Scotland) an official who acts as usher in a court of law

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Etymology

Origin of macer

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Middle French massier. See mace ¹, -er ²

Example Sentences

While seated at table, the macer of the Council appeared with a warrant charging him to enter the Castle of Blackness within twenty-four hours.

From Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series by Morison, William

The great Argyle he gaed before, He gart the cannons and guns to roar, and the very macer cried 'Cruachan!'

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

The convergence of Ulster opinion reminds me of an old line, which fitly illustrates the position of the Irish malcontent party— Heu mihi! quam pingui macer est mihi taurus in arvo.

From Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule by Buckley, Robert John

The jury, having heard the Judge's address, bowed and retired, preceded by a macer of Court, to the apartment destined for their deliberation.

From The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 by Scott, Walter, Sir

It always requires to be joined to a substantive, of which it shows the nature or quality—as lectio longa, a long lesson; magnus aper, a great boar; pinguis puer, a fat boy; macer puer, a lean boy.

From The Comic Latin Grammar A new and facetious introduction to the Latin tongue by Leech, John